Martin MacBlain

What’s in a season? And what was your favourite ever Norwich City campaign? March 26, 2020 - Do you remember that scene in the Matrix, where Neo becomes ‘self-aware’...? For my football awakening, that was the summer of 1993. Sure, I liked football, used to have a kick around, emulated Gazza, Platt and Lineker during Italia ‘90, but I didn’t have a team. So my Norwich FC ...
Heard the one about Pickles, the Jules Rimet & one of the few Englishman to lift it? February 4, 2020 - Banks, Stiles, Charlton, Hurst and of course, Peters. Names that roll off the tongue as effortlessly as if they were still playing today. And it’s easy to see why. Because they are amongst a select group of Englishmen to have ever lifted the World Cup. But it’s a lesser-known Englishman ...
Gemutlichkeit, zeitgeist or simply a case of schadenfreude? Which #NCFC fan are you? January 28, 2020 - Having been in receipt of a German A level for 20 years (and sadly hardly ever using it) you come to realise that the Germans have a word for almost anything and some of these words have started to find their way into our vocabulary. Particularly if your beloved football ...
Sporting Directors? We’ve seen it all before. The curious season of Rioch and Hamilton December 11, 2019 - In these halcyon days of directors of football, sporting directors, business managers and tiered levels of management, it’s easy to forget this is a path previously trodden by Norwich City FC. The summer of 1998 and the sight of two men, hands clasped in unison heralding in a new era ...

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